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俳

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 非
haiku, actor
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 俳句 【ハイク】 haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • haiku
  • actor
  • intérprete

Portuguese

  • haiku
  • ator

French

  • acteur
  • haïku
969 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
959 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1280 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
485 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1427 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1036 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1035 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1076 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
110 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
126 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
82 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
94 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
726 Morohashi
112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
254 New Nelson (John Haig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1761 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
913 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2154 2001 Kanji
2a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-39-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ff3 Unicode hex code

諧

16 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
比 白 言
harmony
Kun:
かな.う、 やわ.らぐ
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony
  • 諧謔 【カイギャク】 joke, jest, banter
  • 俳諧 【ハイカイ】 haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.), haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century), absurd, comical
  • 天狗俳諧 【テングハイカイ】 parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results), tengu haiku

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2
Korean:
hae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4413 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2639 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1069 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
35718 Morohashi
5670 New Nelson (John Haig)
486 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7a9.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
0266.1 Four corner code
1-75-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ae7 Unicode hex code

連

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
込 車
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Kun:
つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
30 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 連 【レン】 two reams (of paper), 1000 sheets (of paper), stanza, verse, tribe (in taxonomy), forecast (bet), bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet), party, company, group, set, things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc., falcon
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 労連 【ロウレン】 labour union, labor union
  • 常連 【ジョウレン】 regular customer, regular patron, regular visitor, frequenter, constant companion

Kun reading compounds

  • 連なる 【つらなる】 to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row, to attend, to participate in, to enrol, to enroll, to join, to have a connection, to be related, to be linked
  • 連ねる 【つらねる】 to line up, to put in a row, to add (to a group), to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.), to join (e.g. a list), to link, to put together, to string together (e.g. compliments), to enumerate, to take along with, to bring with
  • 連れる 【つれる】 to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by

Readings

Japanese names:
ずれ、 つれ、 むらじ、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • unir
  • acompañar
  • estar junto
  • grupo
  • agrupar

Portuguese

  • Levar pelo caminho
  • primazia
  • unir
  • conectar
  • partido
  • gangue
  • grupo

French

  • emmener
  • se mettre en rang
  • s'unir
  • série
  • parti
  • bande
  • clique
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
607 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
87 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4702 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
383 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
960 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1238 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
440 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
446 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
699 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3849 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
293 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38902P Morohashi
3103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6062 New Nelson (John Haig)
287 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
305 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
101 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
560 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
2q7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3530.0 Four corner code
1-47-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9023 Unicode hex code

歌

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn 欠
Parts:
一 亅 口 欠
song, sing
Kun:
うた、 うた.う
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code